Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker mocks the safety of metal detectors by suggesting armed men wait outside.
In plain terms
He jokes that metal detectors only protect against people without guns.
What can you take from it?
Security measures can be easily bypassed or ineffective.

Where it applies

  • discussing security
  • making jokes about safety
  • event planning

Putting it to work

  • consider real threats
  • avoid biased security

Questions to consider

  • Are security measures effective?
  • How does bias affect safety?

Another view

The joke contains racial slurs and trivializes gun violence.

More from Chris Rock

  1. If only smart people like your shit, it ain't that smart.

    Permalink to quote #2
  2. Cornbread, ain't nothing wrong with that.

    Permalink to quote #4
  3. If a girl has a pierced tongue, she'll probably suck your dick. If a guy has a pierced tongue, he'll probably suck your dick.

    Permalink to quote #1

Related quotes

  1. You don't need no gun control. You know what you need? We need some bullet control. Man, we need to control the bullets, that's right. I think all bullets shou…

    Chris RockChris Rock quote #28
  2. So why is it they allow a guy with big, powerful hands to get on board an airplane? I'll tell you why: they know he's not a security risk, because he's already…

    George CarlinGeorge Carlin quote #34
  3. And now we have what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama... Obama. Well, both would look good. [laughs]

    Barack ObamaBarack Obama quote #88